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Corruption index slightly improved | Bangkok Post: news
Bangkok Post
The Corruption Situation Index, a survey carried out by the University of the Thai Chamber of Commerce (UTCC) on graft, improved slightly in December but the overall position still indicates rampant corruption in Thailand. Sauwanee Thairungroj, the ...
Corruption costing country Bt329 bn, says UTCC surveyThe Nation

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Govt seeks proposals to review its fight against corruption
Economic Times
The Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) has floated a request seeking proposals to conduct a self evaluation study by independent experts on India's compliance on United Nations Convention Against Corruption (UNCAC). Last May, the DoPT had ...

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Getting Away with Murder: The Millions Interviews Ursula K. Le Guin
The Millions
cover Every morning, The Oregonian publishes the latest tally of Americans killed in Iraq and Afghanistan. Ursula K. Le Guin prints out the number in bold script on standard computer paper and tapes it to her living room window not far from the rainbow ...

The Guardian
Denis Donaldson: fresh inquiry into murder of British spy within Sinn Féin
The Guardian
A new inquiry has been opened up into the murder of top Sinn Féin administrator and British spy Denis Donaldson. Donaldson was a key aide of Sinn Féin leader Gerry Adams even though he was secretly working for the British state inside both the IRA and ...
New probe opens over IRA spy murderBelfast Telegraph

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NDTV
New Lokpal bill will not check corruption: Kejriwal
Hindustan Times
Activist-turned-politician Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday criticised the UPA government for not coming out with a "strong" Lokpal bill, asserting that the proposed law would not check corruption. "Why should you have any Lokpal? If an agency is created ...
Narendra Modi for PM? Gujarat is not corruption-free, says Anna HazareNDTV
Hazare invokes JP to fight corruptionThe Hindu
Anna and his supporters took oath to make corruption free IndiaNewstrack India
Daily Pioneer -Times of India
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The Week UK
Mario Balotelli causes a riot as he arrives in Milan - video
The Week UK
MARIO BALOTELLI flew out of Manchester yesterday and into the kind of chaos that only he can conjure up, begging the usual question: 'Why always him?' Hundreds of fans turned out to greet the player as he arrived in Milan, but the celebrations turned ...
Mario Balotelli: Milan Fans Clash With Riot PoliceSky News
Riot cops wade in as Mario Balotelli parties with AC Milan fansThe Sun
Mario Balotelli Welcome to Milan: Watch football fans clash with riot police ...Mirror.co.uk

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NDTV
Present Lokpal Bill will not check corruption, Arvind Kejriwal says
Times of India
NEW DELHI: Activist-turned-politician Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday criticized the UPA government for not coming out with a "strong" Lokpal Bill, asserting that the proposed law would not check corruption. "Why should you have any Lokpal? If an agency is ...
Narendra Modi for PM? Gujarat is not corruption-free, says Anna HazareNDTV
Hazare invokes JP to fight corruptionThe Hindu
Congress not willing to root out corruption: Anna HazareNewstrack India
Daily Pioneer -Daijiworld.com
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NDTV
Narendra Modi for PM? Gujarat is not corruption-free, says Anna Hazare
NDTV
Patna: Anti-corruption activist Anna Hazare today questioned Narendra Modi as a prime ministerial candidate in the 2014 general elections saying the Gujarat Chief Minister was not sincere about rooting out corruption as he has not taken steps for ...
Hazare invokes JP to fight corruptionThe Hindu
Anna and his supporters took oath to make corruption free IndiaNewstrack India
Anna Hazare rejects new Lokpal Bill draftTimes of India
Daily Pioneer -Oneindia -IBNLive
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MOGADISHU, Somalia — The Somali government has charged a woman who has said she was raped by security forces, according to an international human rights... AP http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jade-walker/

The Guardian
Pimlico stabbing: man arrested on suspicion of murder
The Guardian
A 20-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of the murder of a teenager believed to have been attacked by a gang wielding swords and knives. Hani Abou El Kheir, 16, died from multiple stab wounds after he was set upon on in Pimlico, central London ...
Man arrested on suspicion of murder over Pimlico 'sword' stabbing of 16-year ...Metro
Pimlico Stabbing: Man Arrested on Suspicion of Murder of Hani Hicham Abou El ...IBTimes.co.uk

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Teen murder suspect in shooting near Linden-McKinley to be evaluated
Columbus Dispatch
Franklin County Juvenile Court Judge Terri Jamison ordered the evaluation yesterday for Shyquan D. Washington, 17, who faces a delinquency charge of murder in the death of 15-year-old Kaewaun D. Coleman. Defense attorney Daniel Fletcher filed a ...

The man suspected of holding a 6-year-old hostage in his Alabama bunker was due in court yesterday in a separate case: Jimmy Lee Dykes allegedly shot at his neighbors in a December property feud. A standoff between police and Dykes continues, with Dykes reportedly in the bunker with the boy....

Washington Post
China sentences 2 Tibetans on murder charge for inciting self-immolations in ...
Washington Post
BEIJING — A Chinese court convicted two Tibetan men of murder and handed out harsh sentences Thursday over accusations they incited others to self-immolate, the official Xinhua News Agency said. The court in Aba prefecture in the southwestern province ...
Tibetans guilty of murder for 'inciting immolations'BBC News
China convicts Tibetan burning 'inciters' of murderBangkok Post

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Philadelphia Inquirer
Surveillance cameras prove helpful in crime probes
Philadelphia Inquirer
To city officials and law-enforcement experts, the footage offered another reminder of the crucial, ever-growing role that surveillance cameras play in helping authorities fight - and solve - crime. "I don't think we needed this incident to remind us ...

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The Guardian
Chinese protesters plead guilty after water pollution riot in Qidong
The Guardian
Fourteen people have pleaded guilty to encouraging a riot in eastern China last year in which scores of police were hurt and the local Communist party chief was stripped half-naked in a mass protest that ultimately forced the scrapping of a wastewater ...
14 charged over riot in Qidong, Jiangsu province, plead guiltySouth China Morning Post

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CNN's Anderson Cooper looks at a bizarre story out of Georgia, where police say workers stole $65,000 in chicken wings.

Opinion: Hate crime legislation has good intentions, but falls flat
LSU The Reveille
Levy said Congress defines a hate crime as a criminal act “in which the defendant's conduct was motivated by hatred, bias, or prejudice, based on the actual or perceived race, color, religion, national origin, ethnicity, gender, or sexual orientation ...

Disease of corruption possibly fatal to country
Malaysia Kini
Honourable Justice KG Balakrishnan once said "the pervasive culture of graft provokes pessimism about the quality of governance", and turns every social institution upside down. There is no doubt that corruption causes massive human deprivation and ...

Efficient way to fight crime: Just go where the crashes are
KATU
When Clark County sheriff's deputies combined a map showing traffic collisions (in red) and a map showing property crimes (light blue) they found the dark-blue areas, which are high crime, high traffic collision areas. Police say they can then ...

Tacoma police unveil 'Crystal Ball of Crime'
KING5.com
The department is rolling out a new software system call 'Pred-Pol', which uses an algorithm to define, and predict where crime could occur. The system mines data from the past five years, and can define potential problems spots based on time of day ...